Clemency Burton-Hill

Clemency Burton-Hill is one of the UK’s leading arts broadcasters and writers. The host of BBC Radio 3’s Sony Award-nominated Weekend Breakfast show, BBC Proms and New Generation Artists, she is also a regular presence on BBC television, hosting shows including Young Musician of the Year, the Culture Show and the Review Show.

Her most recent documentary for BBC was a history of Stradivarius. As a journalist Clemency writes about music and culture for the Economist, FT Weekend Magazine, Opera News, WSJ, Guardian and Departures. She is also a contributor to the current edition of Musical America. An award-winning classical violinist, she has performed in some of the world’s major concert halls, including Boston Symphony Hall, La Scala, Milan, and Musikverein, Vienna. She is a sometime host of Overnight Music on WQXR and has been a TV and radio host of the BBC Proms since 2008.

Saturday, August 02, 2014

Beginning Saturday, August 2 at 7 pm, join us for Season Two of Q2 Music at the Proms – a seven-part series of live recordings from the BBC Proms in London, hosted by BBC presenter Clemency Burton-Hill.